Funds Available To Plant Severe Weather Damaged Crops

Funds Available To Plant Severe Weather Damaged Crops
Courtesy of LENRD. Willow Creek

LINCOLN – Funds are now available to plant cover crops on sever weather-damaged cropland acres through the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

According to a release from the Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District (LENRD), the NRCS is providing these funds to help manage cropland damaged by Nebraska’s severe spring weather.

Producers are encouraged to apply by May 17, or June 21 at their local USDA Service Center.

This funding is available statewide in order to assist the widespread recovery work on cropland acres directly impacted by the severe weather in March. The highest priority cropland includes land which is unable to be planted with a cash crop and/or harvested in 2019.

Cover crops prevent erosion, improve soil’s physical and biological properties, supply nutrients, suppress weeds, improve the availability of soil water and break pest cycles along with various other benefits. Cover crops can also potentially be grazed.

Work currently being done to maintain conservation structures as well as sediment removal, debris removal or grading and reshaping can be stabilized and protected from further erosion and damage by planting a cover crop.

For more information, visit NRCS at a USDA Service Center or go to www.ne.nrcs.usda.gov.

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